Granted Patent B2

US 12,362,417 · App. 17/358,552 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Sien Chen (Ningde, CN); Shoujiang Xu (Ningde, CN); Xiaoshan Dai (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

H01M50/209H01M2220/20

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A battery module, comprising:

a battery cell arrangement structure comprising a plurality of battery cells stacked upon one another;

a cable tie, the cable tie surrounding outside the battery cell arrangement structure along a length direction, and at least comprising a first cable tie and a second cable tie of different materials; and

wherein tensile strength of the first cable tie is greater than that of the second cable tie, and an elastic modulus of the first cable tie is greater than that of the second cable tie; and

wherein at least part of the first cable tie is located on a side of the second cable tie facing to the battery cell; and

wherein at least part of the first cable tie in a height direction is located inside the second cable tie in the height direction.

2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tie comprises a metal cable tie, and the second cable tie comprises a plastic cable tie.

3. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein in a height direction of the battery module, at least part of the first cable tie is abutted with the second cable tie.

4. The battery module according to claim 3 , wherein the first cable tie has a first width W1, and the second cable tie has a second width W2, W1≤W2; and

in the height direction, an abutting height of the second cable tie and the first cable tie is W3, W3≥½ W1.

5. The battery module according to claim 4 , wherein W3=W1=W2.

6. The battery module according to claim 3 , wherein the first cable tie is connected by a first tie body to form an annular first cable tie, and a first connection area is formed at a junction;

the second cable tie is connected by a second tie body to form an annular second cable tie, and a second connection area is formed at a junction; and

the first connection area and the second connection area are staggered from each other.

7. The battery module according to claim 6 , wherein one of the first connection area and the second connection area is located at an end of the battery cell arrangement structure in the length direction, and the other is located at an end of the battery cell arrangement structure in the width direction.

8. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tie comprises a bending structure, so that the bending structure is capable of deformation when the first cable tie is stressed.

9. The battery module according to claim 8 , wherein the first cable tie is an annular wave structure.

10. The battery module according to claim 9 , wherein at least part of the annular wave structure is straightened when the first cable tie is stressed.

11. The battery module according to claim 8 , wherein a length of the first cable tie is greater than a perimeter of the battery cell arrangement structure, and the length of the first cable tie is greater than that of the second cable tie; and

the second cable tie surrounds outside the first cable tie, so that the second cable tie squeezes the first cable tie to form the bending structure.

12. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the battery module further comprises an end plate, and the end plate is located on an end of the battery cell arrangement structure in a length direction; and

the end plate is provided with a first mounting groove, and a part of the first cable tie and a part of the second cable tie are located in the first mounting groove.

13. The battery module according to claim 12 , wherein in the length direction of the battery cell arrangement structure, the first mounting groove has a first bottom wall, the first cable tie is abutted with the first bottom wall; and

in the height direction of the battery cell arrangement structure, the first mounting groove has a first upper side wall and a first lower side wall arranged opposite to each other, a part of the first cable tie and a part of the second cable tie are both located between the first upper side wall and the first lower side wall.

14. The battery module according to claim 12 , wherein in a thickness direction of the end plate, a depth of the first mounting groove is T3, a thickness of the first cable tie is T1, and a thickness of the second cable tie is T2; and

wherein T1+T2≤T3≤T1+T2+1 mm.

15. A battery pack comprises a box body and a battery module, and the battery module is fixed in the box body;

wherein the battery module comprises:

a battery cell arrangement structure comprising a plurality of battery cells stacked upon one another;

a cable tie, the cable tie surrounding outside the battery cell arrangement structure along the length direction, and at least comprising a first cable tie and a second cable tie of different materials; and

wherein tensile strength of the first cable tie is greater than that of the second cable tie, and an elastic modulus of the first cable tie is greater than that of the second cable tie; and

wherein at least part of the first cable tie is located on a side of the second cable tie facing to the battery cell; and

wherein at least part of the first cable tie in the height direction is located inside the second cable tie in the height direction.

16. The battery pack according to claim 15 , wherein in the height direction, one end of the battery cell arrangement structure is fixedly connected with the box body, and the first cable tie and the second cable tie surround the other end of the battery cell arrangement structure.

17. The battery pack according to claim 15 , wherein the first cable tie comprises a metal cable tie, and the second cable tie comprises a plastic cable tie.

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